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| GUIDED MEDITATION | Loving Kindness - Metta | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhism | 02 Sep 2024 | 00:51:24 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha leads a guided meditation on Mettā, Loving Kindness, cultivating the intention of unconditional good will to all beings without distinction. In particular, he encourages us to 'get the feeling going, i.e. to not just 'think' about loving kindness, but to recognize and nurture the ulifting, joyful emotion we feel while practising mettā. He also points out how important it is to develop loving kindness to ourselves. Finally, he shares some reflections on cultivating mettā while walking, and on maintaining the intention of good will to everyone throughout once daily life. Dhammagiri Website Our Spotify Playlists Dhammagiri Youtube Channel #buddhism #dhamma #meditation #metta #lovingkindness | |||
| AJAHN AMARO | How to Judge Progress in my Dhamma Practice | Q&A Dhammagiri | 29 Aug 2024 | 00:36:53 | |
Question & Answer session with Ajahn Amaro on the occasion of his first Australia visit at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Queensland, Brisbane. Ajahn Amaro is the abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery near London, UK. Born in England in 1956, Ven. Ajahn Amaro received a BSc. in Psychology and Physiology from the University of London. Spiritual searching led him to Thailand, where he went to Wat Pah Nanachat, a Forest Tradition monastery established for Western disciples of Thai meditation master Ajahn Chah, who ordained him as a bhikkhu in 1979. Soon afterwards he returned to England and joined Ajahn Sumedho at the newly established Chithurst Monastery. He resided for many years at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, making trips to California every year during the 1990s. In June 1996 he established Abhayagiri Monastery in Redwood Valley, California, where he was co-Abbot with Ajahn Pasanno until 2010. He then returned to Amaravati to become Abbot of this large monastic community. PHOTOS OF AJAHN AMARO AT DHAMMAGIRI Pics of Ajahn's visit at Dhammagiri can be seen here: https://www.dhammagiri.net/ajahnamaro and here: https://latest-pics.dhammagiri.net/ MORE INFORMATION Dhammagiri Website: https://www.dhammagiri.net Dhammagiri Newsletter: https://www.dhammagiri.net/newsletter Dhammagiri Podcasts: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast . | |||
| AJAHN AMARO | Guided Meditation | Awakened Awareness | Dhammagiri | 01 Aug 2024 | 00:12:39 | |
A short Guided Meditation by Ajahn Amaro during his stay at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Brisbane, Australia. Ajahn Amaro is the abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery near London, UK, the largest Western monastery in the lineage of Ajahn Chah. Born in England in 1956, Ven. Ajahn Amaro received a BSc. in Psychology and Physiology from the University of London. Spiritual searching led him to Thailand, where he went to Wat Pah Nanachat, a Forest Tradition monastery established for Western disciples of Thai meditation master Ajahn Chah, who ordained him as a bhikkhu in 1979. Soon afterwards he returned to England and joined Ajahn Sumedho at the newly established Chithurst Monastery. He resided for many years at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, making trips to California every year during the 1990s. In June 1996 he established Abhayagiri Monastery in Redwood Valley, California, where he was co-Abbot with Ajahn Pasanno until 2010. In 2010, he was invited to return to Amaravati, to become the successor of Luang Por Sumedho as abbot of this large monastic community. He was appointed an official 'Upajjhāya' (preceptor), with the authority to formally ordain Buddhist monks, and has since ordained and trained a large group of monks and nuns as his direct disciples. Pictures of Ajahn Amaro's visit at Dhammagiri Website of Ajahn's monastery, Amaravati Website of Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage . | |||
| Verses of Sharing and Aspiration | Dhammagiri Sunday Afternoon Merit Sharing | Buddhist Chanting in English | 05 Sep 2023 | 00:03:21 | |
This is a new stereo recording of the chanting we do at the end of every Sunday afternoon session at 5.00 pm, called "Verses of Sharing and Aspiration" You can find it in the Amaravati Chaning Book on page 33: "Through the Goodness that arises from my practice..." We chanting an English translation of the traditional Pali chant known as "Uddissanādhiṭṭhāna-Gāthā" ("Iminā Puññakammena..."), used to share whatever good karma one has generated in the preceding meditation/puja/Dhamma reflections. We're actually playing the Amaravati version in the background on loudspeaker, to make the sound a bit fuller. We have also included the traditional Pali verses recited when bowing to the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha at the very end of the session. English Text: "Now let us chant the verses of sharing and aspiration! Through the goodness that arises from my practice, Through the goodness that arises from my practice, The Buddha is my excellent refuge, "(Arahaṃ) Sammāsambuddho Bhagavā (Svākkhāto) Bhagavatā Dhammo (Supaṭipanno) Bhagavato Sāvakasaṅgho Amaravati Chanting Book is available here: | |||
| Not-Self: Contemplating Anatta | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:34:52 | |
The Buddha's teaching on Anattā (Non-Self) is not meant to establish a doctrine or philosophy. It's not meant for mental gymnastics, to think about it in a purley intellectual manner, or to argue about it. Instead, it's meant as a meditation object, a tool to be used for contemplation, in order to free our hearts from identification, attachment and suffering. When we contemplate form, feeling, perception, intention and consciousness as: "This is not mine, this is not me, this is not my Self", then we weeken identification and ultimately completely disengage from these five groups of clinging. It's not so much about trying to determine in an 'objective' manner whether anything is me, mine or self. Ownership and identification is not objectively existing, but it is projection of our own mind. We create and project the illusion of self, ownership and 'I' & 'Me' onto these conditioned phenomena. The question is simply whether doing such projection, creating such an illusion, is beneficial for us, or not. As the phenomena we regard as self and me and mine are constantly changing, and therefore inherently unable to ever give as lasting fulfillment, it's apparent that the self-delusion is NOT beneficial, but ultimately always leads us into suffering. Thus, the Buddha recommends not to regard anything as self, me and mine, so that we don't experience suffering. Regarding is something subjective, it's up to us how we prefer to regard: as self/me, or as not-self/not me. We've got the choice, but we have to bear the consequences of that choice ; Regarding anything as me/mine/self, we will continue to experience disappointment and suffering. Regarding everything as not-me/not-mine/not-self, we make an end to disappointment and suffering. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Anatta: Not-Self | 2nd Teaching of the Buddha | Dhammagiri | Ajahn Dhammasiha | 28 Aug 2023 | 00:52:25 | |
Anattā / Not-Self is one of the more difficult, even challenging aspects of the Dhamma. Even long term Buddhists often feel uncertain or even confused what exactly is meant by anattā. If there's uncertainty on profound aspects of Dhamma, a wise approach is to go back to what exactly the Buddha has said himself about the topic. In the 'Anatta-lakkhaṇa-sutta' (Discourse on the Characteristic of Not-Self) we can find his own extensive elaboration. Ajahn Dhammasiha guides us through essential passages of this discourse. He explains the diffence between 'No Self', which the Buddha actually never taught, and 'Not-Self', which the Buddha frequently taught. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Developing All 4 Divine Abodes: Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Upekkha | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 25 Aug 2023 | 00:38:21 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha points out the benefits of developing all four 'Brahmavihāras': 1. Mettā = Loving Kindness 2. Karuṇā = Compassion 3. Muditā = Sympathetic Joy 4. Upekkhā = Equanimity Developed togther, these four 'Appamañña-Vihāras' (= Limitless/Boundless/Infinite Abidings) support each other and provide many synergies. Ajahn explains which of the 4 to use depending on either the external situation, or depending on the internal defilements that we wish to counter. Listen to our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Loving Kindness Metta | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Talk on Buddhism at Dhammagiri | 21 Aug 2023 | 00:37:23 | |
Mettā is unconditional, non-judgemental friendliness to all beings. Without distinction or discrimination, without any expectations or demands, without any preconditions:
We strive to make our loving kindless limitless, boundless, without any difference to absolutely everyone. Listen to our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| To Stop Thinking, we First have to Think Wholesome Thoughts | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 17 Aug 2023 | 00:27:41 | |
Meditators often complain that they just can't stop thinking in their meditation. However, thoughts are not really the problem. The problem is only unwholesome or sensual thoughts. We first have to learn to think only good, beneficial, wholesome thoughts, like Loving Kindness, before we can stop thinking. Learning to think more wholesome is the basic practice we have to start with. Only once we're thinking mostly wholesome thoughts thoughout the whole day, can we succeed to completely calm down thinking in our formal meditation. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Is Rebirth for Real? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Buddhism | 14 Aug 2023 | 00:40:55 | |
We all know that the Buddha teaches Karma and Rebirth. However, unless we have special psychic powers, we have to admit that we do not know for sure what happens after death. We take it on faith in the Buddha that consciousness continues after death, and attaches to a new body in a new rebirth according to our karma. But we usually do not know it from our own experince, as we usually can't remember past lives. The Buddha actually fully acknowledges that fact. He admits that life after death is a matter of faith for someone without any psychic powers like past life memory. However, the Buddha suggests that we're better off assuming that rebirth and karma are for real. The potential risks and rewards are just too great:
There are actually many indications that rebirth and karma are for real! Ajahn Dhammasiha brings up quite a few in this talk:
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| The Serpent | Buddhist Pali Chanting | Sutta Nipata 1.1, Uraga Sutta | Dhammagiri | 10 Aug 2023 | 00:03:53 | |
Buddhist Pāli Chanting of the very first Sutta in the Suttanipāta: "The Serpent" / "Uragasutta". Snakes regularly have to shed their old skin, as it becomes too restrictive for their growing body. In the wilderness, one can sometimes find this old, worn out skin, left behind by the snake. The Buddha uses this process as a simile for a monk who abandons a particular mental defilement or deluded mode of cognition just like the snake leaves behind it's old skin. And as result of leaving behind the defilement he gives up "the here and the beyond" like a snake its old worn out skin as well. A Dhammatalk about the meaning of the Sutta can be found here. An English translation of the Pāli Chanting: 1. One who removes the anger that has arisen as one removes with herbs a snake's spreading venom: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 2. One who has entirely cut off desire as if plucking a a lotus growing in a lake: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 3. One who has entirely cut off craving having dried up its fast-flowing stream: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 4. One who has entirely swept up conceit as a great flood does a fragile bridge of reeds: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 5. One who finds no core in states of existence as one seeking flowers in udumbara trees finds none: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 6. One who has no irritations inwardly, having transcended such and such states of existence: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 7. One whos thoughts have been burned out, entirely well excised internally: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 8. One who has neither run too far nor run back, who has transcended all this proliferation: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 9. One who has neither run too far nor run back, having known about the world, "All this is unreal": That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 10. One who has neither run too far nor run back, devoid of greed, [knowing] "All this is unreal": That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 11. One who has neither run too far nor run back, devoid of desire, [knowing] "All this is unreal": That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 12. One who has neither run too far nor run back, devoid of aversion, [knowing] "All this is unreal": That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 13. One who has neither run too far nor run back, devoid of delusion, [knowing] "All this is unreal": That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 14. One who has no latent tendencies at all, whose unwholesome roots have been uprooted: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 15. One who has no states born from distress as a condition for returning to the near shore: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 16.One who has no states born from desire, causes for bondage to existence: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. 17. Having abandoned the five hindrances, untroubled, crossed over perplexity, free of darts: That monk gives up the here and the beyond as a serpent sheds its old worn-out skin. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news . | |||
| Dukkha Patipada: Using Challenges in Meditation for Insight | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 08 Aug 2023 | 00:29:35 | |
Often we're not experiencing rapture and bliss in our meditation, but lots of challenges, painful memories, fears, and pain. That doesn't mean there's anything wrong with us. Only a person with a mind already very pure from advanced practice in previous lives will be able to sit down and quickly attain bliss and samādhi. Due to the weakness of their defilements, these individulas (like e.g. Venerable Sāriputta) develop sukha paṭipadā (easy/happy practice). For most of us (and actually even for the second chief disciple, Venerable Mahāmoggallāna!), practice involves quite a bit of dukkha paṭipadā (tough/difficult practice). However, these difficulties can actually be an excellent opportunity to develop wisdom and insight. If we don't complain or get discouraged by whatever challenges arise in our meditation, but take them up as an object of contemplation, analysing their impermanence and not-self nature, we can even have an advantage compared to those with easy practice, because we're not in danger of neglecting insight practice. Our Podcast is also available on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| 4 Noble Truths in 3 Circles | First Teaching of the Buddha | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta | 04 Aug 2023 | 00:30:49 | |
On Āsāḷhā Full Moon, the Buddha taught his first formal discourse, the "Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta" ("Discourse on Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma") In his Dhamma Talk, Ajahn Dhammasiha goes through the essential content of this very famous Sutta, namely the Four Noble Truths. He tries to elicit answers from the audience 😉, to make sure that everyone knows the basic meaning of these most fundamental teaching of the Buddha: 1. The Noble Truth of Suffering: Birth, old age, sickness & death; Association with the disliked; Seperation from the liked; Not getting what one wants; In short, the five groups of clinging. 2. The Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering: Craving. 3. The Noble Truth of the End of Suffering: The complete, remainderless cessation of craving. 4. The Noble Truth of the Practice Leading to the End of Suffering: The Noble Eight-Fold Path. Next, the Sutta elucidates three aspects of each Noble Truth. Only after his knowledge and vision of things as they truly are was completely purified in respect of the Four Noble Truths in their three aspects, did the Buddha proclaim supreme awakening. 1. The Noble Truth in and by itself. 2. The Duty attached to each Truth: Suffering has to be comprehended; The cause of suffering has to be abandoned; The end of suffering has to be realized; The Middle Way has to be developed. 3. The accomplishment of the duty Four Noble Truths in their three aspects constitute the 12-spoked Dhammacakka (4x3=12). That is the reason why we often see the Dhammawheel represented with 12 spokes, like the one depicted on the pedestal of our main Buddhastatue. That is the meaning of the 'mudra', the position of the hands of our statue: The first circle represents the Four Noble Truths, the second circle indicates the three aspects, and both hands together illustrate the 12fold matrix of: "Phenomena unheared of before, in respect to which vision arose, knowledge arose, wisdom arose, understanding arose, illumination arose." | |||
| Better than the Olympics | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Ajahn Dhammasiha | 29 Jul 2024 | 00:35:18 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha compares the benefits of watching or even participating in the 2024 Olympics in Paris with the benefits of Dhamma practice. He also urges us to use the effort athletes are applying to make it to the Olympics as an encouragement for us to apply similarly singleminded effort in our bhāvanā (meditation), in particular as the benefits of bhāvanā (the complete end of birth, aging, death & suffering) are vastly superior to even winning a Gold Medal. Our Spotify Playlists Dhammagiri Youtube Channel . | |||
| Obsering how Craving creates Suffering | Guided Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 02 Aug 2023 | 00:30:08 | |
The Buddha's teaching on the Four Noble Truths are eminently practical. They are not just a theory or mental gymnastics, but they are directly applicable to our life with it's pains and pleasures, it's disappointments and tribulations. They can be experienced right here and now in our own conscious experience. In this guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to observe with mindfulness and awareness how craving arises in our mind, and how it creates tension, stress, suffering for our mind. These are the first and second noble truth in action, right here and now in our awareness. Similarly, we can observe how the moment we can let go of that craving, the tension, stress and suffering recedes. This is, at least partially, the third and fourth noble truth in action, right here and now in our awareness. Naturally, our letting go is usually only partial, not deep enough to really experience the third noble truth fully, i.e. the experience of Nibbāna, or the arising of the Dhammacakka at the experience of Stream Entry. But whenever we succeed in letting go based on wisdon and insight, and then observe mindfully how suffering diminishes, we gradually train our heart to disengage and detach. One day, as wisdom sharpens and insight matures, we will be able to fully let go of craving and experience the total end of dukkha: Freedom, release, Nibbāna. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Middle Way is More than just Moderation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Majjhima Patipada | 28 Jul 2023 | 00:39:01 | |
The Buddha mentions the Middle Way (Majjhimā Paṭipadā) right in the beginning of his very first formal discourse, the Sutta on "Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma" (Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta). If he mentions the Middle Way first, even before introducing the 4 Noble Truths, it's obviously really important. Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to investigate any issues we encounter in life or in formal meditation in terms of the Middle Way. Can we identify the two extremes to avoid, and instead transcend the extremes and go beyond them on the Middle Way, the Noble 8-Fold Path. Although the Buddha expounds the Middle Way in his first discourse by means of the extremes of sensual indulgence versus ascetic self mortification, there are numerous other extremes and applications of the Middle Way, for example:
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| Enhancing Our Dhamma Practice during Rains Retreat | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 24 Jul 2023 | 00:45:55 | |
The annual three months 'Rains Retreat' period ('Vassa') abserved by the monks and nuns is also an excellent opportunity for the lay community to enhance their level of effort and commitment in their Dhamma practice. Ajahn Dhammasiha discusses a wide range of options to increase one's 'bhāvanā' (mental cultivation), e.g.: - Coming more regurlarly to the monastery - Offering food, other requisites, or financial donations - Staying as guest in the monastery on retreat - Purifying one's observance of the 5 precepts - Doing one day a month (usually around full moon) on 8 precepts, or perhaps even one day a week - Determining to do regular evening/morning chanting - Learning chanting by heart, at least parts, in Pāli or English - Perhaps even studying Pali - Studying the Suttas, the original teachings of the Buddha (in translation) - Listening more regualrly to Dhamma Talks on Youtube, Spotify and so on. - Making a resolution to sit formal meditation at least 30 min every day, or perhaps even one hour, or two hours (depending how much one is already regularly doing) - Doing lots of walking meditation - Determining: for these three months, whatever happens, whatever anyone may do, or not do, or say or write to me, I will not get angry. And even if I get angry, I will not speak any angry words... Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Samadhi through Gladness, Tranquility and Bliss | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 21 Jul 2023 | 00:32:18 | |
Many times the Buddha explains how the mind can unify in Samādhi via the following steps:
Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to put effort in meditation not just into sitting in a certain posture for a certain amount of time, but predominently make an effort to arouse gladness through training our perception to enjoy our meditation, to make it fun and a happy activity.
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| 8 Fold Path in Daily Life | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk at BUBS, KL, Malaysia | 17 Jul 2023 | 00:52:16 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha was invited to share some Dhamma at Bandar Uttama Buddhist Society (BUBS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He talks about the Noble Eightfold Path, one of the most fundamental teachings of the Buddha, that is known and acknowledged as essential in all Buddhist traditions, including Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism. In fact, the Noble Eightfold Path is already included in the first discourse of the Buddha, the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, as it constitutes the fourth Noble Truth. Ajahn puts special emphasis on cultivating the factors of the Noble Path in one's daily life:
We should never seperate 'our life' and 'our meditation practice'. Instead, our life and our meditation should become one thing, one intergrated whole, in the sense of developing the factors of the Noble Eightfold Path continuously, in whatever we're doing. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Breaking the Circle of Anger & Bad Karma | Ajahn Dhammasiha | 10 Jul 2023 | 00:46:20 | |
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| Happiness from Metta Leads to Samadhi | Ajahn Dhammasiha | 07 Jul 2023 | 00:26:27 | |
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| How to Deal with Those Unreceptive to Dhamma | Dhammagiri Dhammatalk | 03 Jul 2023 | 00:50:28 | |
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| The Pointlessness of Worldly Life | Ajahn Dhammasiha at Nalanda Buddhist Society, Kuala Lumpur, Feb 2023 | 29 Jun 2023 | 01:11:38 | |
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| Awareness of Emotions and how they affect our mind | Dhammatalk at Dhammagiri | 27 Jun 2023 | 00:19:49 | |
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| 4 Noble Truths & Bravery | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhism | 26 Jul 2024 | 00:31:00 | |
In his Dhamma talk, Ajahn Dhammasiha emphasizes that the Buddha's teachings are applicable, practical, pragmatic (opanāyika). In particular, he reminds us of the duty the Buddha has pointed out for each of the 4 Noble Truths, what we actually have to do with them. Ajahn also responds to a question about bravery in our Dhamma practice, and how courage relates to the the Noble 8 Fold Path. Dhammagiri Youtube Channel . | |||
| Learning to enjoy Meditation and making Puññā | Dhammagiri | 19 Jun 2023 | 00:23:58 | |
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| Midnight Paritta Chanting at Wat Pah Nanachat | Buddhist Pali Chanting | Ajahn Dhammasiha | 16 Jun 2023 | 00:19:49 | |
On occasion of Ajahn Chah's birthday on 18th June, we publish a Patitta chanting at Wat Pah Nanachat, recorded by Ajahn Dhammasiha during his last visit there. Wat Pah Nanachat was established by Ajahn Chah in 1975 as a monastery specially dedicated for the training of foreign (non-Thai) monks. Ajahn Sumedho served as the first abbot. This recording took place as part of New Year Celebrations at midnight in the new Uposatha Hall/Sima/'Bot', with a large gathering of senior Western disciples of Ajahn Chah present. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast Dhammagiri Website Pics #chanting #buddhischanting #palichanting . | |||
| Recollection of the Sangha | Sanghanussati | Ajahn Dhammasiha at Dhammagiri | 11 Jun 2023 | 00:40:17 | |
A Dhammatalk about recollecting the Sangha, one of the 6 recollection that the Buddha frequently encourages to develop: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN11_12.html Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 | |||
| Amaravati Vesak Chanting | Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta | The Buddha's First Teaching | Pali Chanting | 04 Jun 2023 | 00:19:21 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha joins the Vesak Full Moon prgram at Amaravati. We chant the 'Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta', the first formal teaching of the Buddha after his attainment of supreme awakening, 'Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma'. Ajahn Amaro is leading the recitation, with the whole monastic community of some 40 monks, nuns, male and female anagārikas joining, plus many of the lay visitors participating in the event. The full Pali text of the chant, as well as an Engllish translation, is in Volume two of the Amaravati Chanting boo, page 3ff: https://cdn.amaravati.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/30/Chanting-Book-Vol-2-Web.pdf Dhammagiri Website Pics #buddhism #palichanting #buddhistchanting #palirecitation #ajahnchah | |||
| LUANG POR THONG DAENG | Growing in our Dhamma Practice by supporting the Buddha Sasana | Thai with Engl. Translation | 28 May 2023 | 00:42:32 | |
English Translation starts at 11:05 0:00 LPT Thai:Growing in our Dhamma Practice by supporting the Buddha Sasana 11:05 Aj M Engl Trsl:English Translation by Ajahn Moshe 21:20 LPT ThaiLPT about his practice as young monk, when his teacher encouraged him to meditate longer by meditating together with him. Luang Por Tongdaeng Varapañño is the abbot of Wat Doi Phra Jao Ton Luang near Chiang Mai. He was born in Sakon Nakhon Province in the Northeast of Thailand in August 1954. At the young age of 13 he ordained as a novice with Luang Por Wan Uttamo. Some time later, he trained in the monastery of Luang Por Waen, Wat Doi Mae Pang. After his full ordination as a bhikkhu, Luang Por Tongdaeng's most important teachers were Luang Por Prasit, and Luang Por Plien of Wat Aranyavivek. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO GALLERY OF LUANG POR'S VISIT TO DHAMMAGIRIhttps://www.dhammagiri.net/luang-por-thong-daeng-gallery Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 | |||
| LUANG POR THONG DAENG | Meditation instructions and Q&A | Thai with engl. Translation | 23 May 2023 | 00:52:25 | |
Luang Por Tongdaeng Varapañño is the abbot of Wat Doi Phra Jao Ton Luang near Chiang Mai. He was born in Sakon Nakhon Province in the Northeast of Thailand in August 1954. At the young age of 13 he ordained as a novice with Luang Por Wan Uttamo. Some time later, he trained in the monastery of Luang Por Waen, Wat Doi Mae Pang. After his full ordination as a bhikkhu, Luang Por Tongdaeng's most important teachers were Luang Por Prasit, and Luang Por Plien of Wat Aranyavivek.Luang Por Thong Daeng answers questions about the topics: - Why did the teachers of the Buddha not realize the Dhamma even though they had developed strong Samadhi? - How to develop loving kindness in daily life? - Overcoming difficlties and pain in our meditation practice CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO GALLERY OF LUANG POR'S VISIT TO DHAMMAGIRIhttps://www.dhammagiri.net/luang-por-...In addition to our Youtube videos, we usually publish about 2 new Dhammatalks/GuidedMeditations every week as audio podcast.All the latest podcasts, and some 300 earlier ones on a wide variety of subjects, are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts/itunes, Castbox, Google Podcasts, and many other podcast apps.Just search for "Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts" on your favourite podcast app. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 | |||
| Using Travel to Contemplate Impermanence | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk | Dhammagiri | 15 May 2023 | 00:32:53 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha shares how we can contemplate impermanence (Pali: Anicca) when we set out on a journey. We're all exited and look forward to what we're going to experience, whowe will meet. But then, after we have returned and the travels are over, only memories remain, which are slowly fading away. What appeared so important when we set out, is now just a distant memory. It's actually the same with a whole life. If we contemplate like that, we can let go, or at least we're not holding on so tightly, and we're not getting too much worried, exited or depressed about whatever may or may not happen. Travel itinerary of Ajahn Dhammasiha 18 May to 12 July Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Ajahn Dhammasiha Travel Itinerary Europe and Asia | Dhammagiri | 15 May 2023 | 00:35:27 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha shares some information about his upcoming travels to Europe and Asia. If any of our global podcast audience likes to catch up personally, here's the dates in detail: Thu 18 to 27 May Sumedharama, Lisbon, Portugal 10:40 am Arrival Lisbon, pick up to Sumedharama Paying respects and spending time with our long standing Dhamma friend Ajahn Vajiro, who has provided support and advice to Dhammagiri in our early years. More recently, he and local Sangha & laity have been working hard establishing the first Ajahn Chah monastery in Portugal. Sat 27 to Wed 31 May Hartridge Buddhist Monastery After meeting Ajahn Jutindharo many time in our Elders' Meetings, finally I get a chance to see his Hartridge Monastery. In 2020 they finished an inspiring meditation hall - can't wait to meditate/chant in that tranquil space. 31 May to 08 June Amaravati Buddhist Monastery Always uplifting and educational to come back to the largest Western monastery in our tradition, and to connect with the large Sangha of Amaravati, and abbot Ajahn Amaro. 08 to 17 June, Germany, Berlin & Hannover for Father's 80th Birthday - 17 to 21 June, Germany, Muttodaya Waldkloster Catching up with old 'kalyāṇa-mittas' (Dhamma friends) Ajahn Cattamalo and Ajahn Mettiko, and the local Sangha and international visitors at German 'Waldkloster' Muttodaya 22 to 28 June India, Dhammaram Delhi & Sangharama Monastery Land There will be Dhamma program and meal offerings at the New Delhi Dhammarama Centre in Dwarka district. I believe more info will appear on their website closer to event, which you can access by clicking image below: If conditions allow, we hope to visit the new monastery land 'Sanghārāma' at Adi Badri near Yamunanagar on 25/26 June, where Ajahn Jīvako together with a small, but highly dedicated Sangha are taking on the challenging task of developing the first forest monastery of the Ajahn Chah tradition in India. Thu 28 June Morning Changi Airport, Singapore 06:10 Arrival Singapore Changi, SQ 403 from Delhi Meeting with Ryan and other Dhamma friends, who offer breakfast at 'Jewel' Waterfall area. 10:15 Departure Singapore, SQ 112 to Kuala Lumpur 11:15 Arrival Kuala Lumpur KUL, Airport Dana and lift to BUBS Bandar Utama Vihara Thu 28 June to 12 July BUBS Bandar Utama Vihara, KL There will be Dhamma programs and meal offerings at Uttama Bodhi Vihara, and possibly at other Buddhist Centres in Kuala Lumpur. Programs should become available on BUBS website later. 05 to 11 July Singapore, Palelai Buddhist Temple Dhamma Programs & Meal Offerings, possibly including some other Buddhist Venues in Singapore as well. First time staying at Wat Palelai, who are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year. However, old kalyāṇa mitta (Dhamma friends) from Wat Ananada will be catching up with me, too. Details on Palelai website. 12 July Arrival back in Brisbane 06:55 am Arrival Brisbane, SQ 235 from Singapore Should be enough time to easily reach the meal at Dhammagiri normal time 10:30 am . | |||
| LUANG POR THONG DAENG | Refuge & Precepts Ceremony and Meditation Instructions | Dhammagiri | LP Tongdaeng | 10 May 2023 | 00:16:28 | |
Luang Por Tongdaeng was so kind to perform for us the traditional ceremony of taking refuge in the 'Triple Gem' (Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha), and to observe the 8 precepts.
The Buddha recommended that laity keeps eight precepts on the 'Uposatha' holidays, marking the four moon phases (about once a week). Lay disciples of the Buddha are encouraged to dedicate these days to spiritual practice, avoiding any distractions and spending the day meditating, listening to Dhamma, visiting monasteries, and making good karma. As our modern calendar doesn't follow the moon phases, at Dhammagiri we usually do our One Day Meditation Retreat with 8 precpts on the weekend: Every Saturday 07.30 am; and Sundays closest to the full moon at 09.00 am. The eight precepts are more focussed on renunciation and developing meditation than the regular five precepts. Although there's nothing 'evil' in eating in the evening, or listening to music, these activites still distract the mind, incline us to sensuality, and make the develpment of samādhi much more difficult. English Translation of the Eight Precepts:
After the ceremony has concluded, Luang Por provides some instructions for the following session of silent meditation, translated by Ajahn Moshe. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser. Also easy to search, just enter e. g. : 'Meditation' or 'Loving Kindness' in search, and it will show all our podcasts on that subject: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Supreme Enlightenment of the Buddha | Vesak at Dhammagiri | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Visakha Puja | 08 May 2023 | 00:44:13 | |
Vesak is the most important day in the Buddhist calendar. We remember, commemorate, celebrate and rejoice in three main events in the Buddha's life, which all occurred on the Full Moon in May ('Visākhā'): 1. Birth of the Bodhisatta in beautiful Lumbini grove 2. Supreme Awakening ('Sammāsambodhi') under the Bodhi Tree at Bodh Gaya, at the banks of River Neranjana. 3. Final Nibbāna ('Mahā-Parinibbāna') between the twin Sāla trees in the park of the Mallas'. In this talk, Ajahn Dhammasiha describes the events leading up to the Buddha's final victory against greed, hatred and delusion, while meditating all night under the Bodhi Tree. He relates the crucial insight that occurred to the Bodhisatta while he was practising austerities until he almost died: When the Bodhisatta collapsed from the extreme fasting he had done, he remembered how he had spontaneously attained the first jhāna (full samādhi) as a young child when left alone under a Rose-apple tree. He realized that the happiness and bliss from samādhi is utterly free from sensuality and unwholesome phenomena. He ralized that the happiness and bliss from samādhi is actually the path to full awakening, a crucial condition for liberating insight to arise. The Bodhisatta abandoned the extreme of ascetic self-mortification, started eating suitable amounts of food, and regained sufficient strength. Then he sat down under the Bodhi Tree and resolved: "I will not break this posture, even if my blood and flesh dries out and only bones and skin remain, until I have experienced total release from suffering ... Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| First Teaching of the Buddha | Asalha Full Moon | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta | 22 Jul 2024 | 00:38:39 | |
On Āsāḷhā Full Moon, Ajahn Dhammasiha discusses the the first discourse of the Buddha, the sutta on 'Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma' (Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta). In particular, he describes how the Buddha's teaching on the 4 Noble Truth is similar to the approach of a good doctor:
The Buddha follows exactly the same approach:
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| Paritta Chanting | Luang Por Thong Daeng | Dhammagiri Sangha | Buddhist Pali Chanting | LP Tongdaeng | Ajahn Dhammasiha | 02 May 2023 | 00:23:35 | |
Luang Por Thongdang, Ajahn Dhammasiha, Ajahn Moshe, Ajahn Khantiko, Ajahn Moneyyo and Tan Niddaro recite auspicious Paritta during Luang Por's visit to Dhammagiri. Luang Por is chanting in the 'Makhot' style prevelant in the Dhammayut Nikāya, which is noticably different from the 'Sangyot' style that is normally chanted in Mahānikāya, including Ajahn Chah tradition. Fortunately, Ajahn Moshe and Ajahn Khantiko are familiar with this recitation style, and the rest of us gently blend in at lower volume, giving quite a unique result. For the paritta chanting, a bowl of water often is placed in front of the senior monk. A candle is fixed to the wall of the bowl, and then lighted during the chanting. It continues dripping wax into the water bowl while the recitation continues. The thumbnail for this podcast is a photo of the resulting candle wax drippings in the water bowl after the chanting concluded (anumodanā to Ajahn Moshe for taking the pic on Luang Por's suggestion). As you can see, quite unusually, the dripping wax formed an almost perfect spiral. Luang Por mentioned that he regards this as wholesome and auspicious. Enjoy listening! Despite some imperfections, I'm very happy with the recording. It's not easy to record audio in a live setting, even more so when the participating monks chant together for the first time, coming from different chanting traditions. I used one recording made with stereo mic capturing the full ambience in the Dhammahall, and mixed in a seperate second recording capturing only the four microphones in mono. I'm very glad about the resulting powerful and inspiring sound. Photos from Luang Por Tongdaeng's visit to Dhammagiri here: https://www.dhammagiri.net/luang-por-thong-daeng-gallery Dhammagiri Website Pics #chanting #buddhistchanting #palirecitation #buddhism #calm | |||
| Sleep, Pleasure, Indulgence and Defilements | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri | Ajahn Dhammasiha | 01 May 2023 | 00:58:21 | |
Responding to questions and comments of the audience, Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about falling asleep mindfully, directing awareness to the point of rising. He addresses questions on the hindrance of sleepiness and laziness ('Thina-middha'), and how to arouse energy to overcome excessive sleeping Ajahn talks about the relationship of pleasant feeling, desire, indulgence and the tendency of our mind to flow our into the world (and the www!) into sensuality ('Āsavā') Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| LUANG POR THONG DAENG | Uplift Your Heart and Mind | Trsl Ajahn Moshe | Dhammagiri | LP Tongdaeng | 28 Apr 2023 | 01:21:54 | |
We've put the English translation by Ajahn Moshe first, as our podcast audience are mainly English speakers. You can listen to the complete Thai original from 38:20 Luang Por Tongdaeng Varapañño is the abbot of Wat Doi Phra Jao Ton Luang near Chiang Mai. He was born in Sakon Nakhon Province in the Northeast of Thailand in August 1954. At the young age of 13 he ordained as a novice with Luang Por Wan Uttamo. Some time later, he trained in the monastery of Luang Por Waen, Wat Doi Mae Pang. After his full ordination as a bhikkhu, Luang Por Tongdaeng's most important teachers were Luang Por Prasit, and Luang Por Plien of Wat Aranyavivek. Luang Por encourages us not to miss the opportunity we have to practice the Dhamma, and to develop our heart with all the 10 foundations of making good karma ('Puñña-kirirya-vatthu'). He also answers several questions about meditation. Photos from Luang Por Tongdaeng's visit to Dhammagiri here: https://www.dhammagiri.net/luang-por-thong-daeng-gallery Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| LUANG POR THONG DAENG | Blessing and Sanghadana | Buddhist Pali Chanting | Dhammagiri | LP Tongdaeng | 26 Apr 2023 | 00:05:29 | |
Luang Por Thong Dang, Ajahn Dhammasiha, Ajahn Moshe, Ajahn Khantiko and Tan Niddaro receive 'Sanghadāna' (Offerings dedicated to the Sangha of the four quarters) and receite the Pali verses of blessings, anumodanā (rejoicing) and sharing of merits.
Photos from Luang Por Tongdaeng's visit to Dhammagiri here: https://www.dhammagiri.net/luang-por-thong-daeng-gallery Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| LUANG POR THONG DAENG: Accumulating Goodness | Trsl: Ajahn Moshe | Dhammagiri | LP Tongdaeng | 24 Apr 2023 | 00:51:53 | |
Luang Por Thong Dang provides very comprehensive Dhamma Guidelines during a one day meditation retreat at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage. Luang Por explains various skillful means to develop Dāna, Sīla and Bhāvanā (Generosity, Virtue and Meditation). He encourages us to raise our heart to a higher cause, and to investigate the true nature of the present moment. As our podcast is directed at an English speaking audience, we have put the English translation by Ajahn Moshe at the beginning, right after the formal invitation to teach Dhamma and Luang Por paying homage to the Buddha. However, for the benefit of our Thai listeners (or Thai learners :), we have included the complete Thai version at the end, from 21:57 Photos from Luang Por Tongdaeng's visit to Dhammagiri here: https://www.dhammagiri.net/luang-por-thong-daeng-gallery Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Don't Get Caught Up in the Movie called Consciousness | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri Dhamma Talk | 20 Apr 2023 | 00:25:30 | |
The Buddha used the simile of a magic show for consciousness. In his time there were no movies yet, otherwise he may well have used watching movie or TV or Youtube as a simile. Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about how truly mindfully watching a film usually means that we can't 'enjoy' it anymore. The moment we're aware that this is not real, this is just pictures on a screen, this is artificially produced by actors and director and lighting arrangements and so on, we can't 'buy into it' any more. It's difficult to get frightened by the villian, cheer for the heroine, and hope for the cavallery to appear and save them all, if we conciouosly know this is only a movie produced by actors in a studio. Or imagine they were to zoom out of a romantic scene in moolight, to show you the surrounding studio, mics, lights, camera, prop-up and numerous people standing around. All emotional effect would immediately be lost. Similarly, if we observe the constructed nature of consciousness, how it arises based on contact of internal sense bases and external forms, sounds, fragrances, tasts, sensations and thoughts/ideas, we would lose or at least weaken our attachment to it. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Not Good Luck or Bad Luck, but Karma | Dhamma Talk on Buddhism | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 17 Apr 2023 | 00:37:19 | |
We hope for "Good Luck" and are worried that we may end up "unlucky". However, if we truly have confidence in the Buddha Dhamma, we know that there is actually no such thing as good or bad luck, there's only the results of Karma. Nothing happens just by chance, it's always the outcome of our intentional action. Usually a combination of the Karma from actions a long time ago, even several liftimes ago, plus our very recent actions. In fact, the influence of our actions right now means that the law of Karma is not a fatalist teaching. Karma doesn't mean that our future is totally determined, because we have the freedom to choose our course of action right now. We can't change what we have done in the past, but we can change how we respond to the results of our actions here and now in the present. If we experience hardship due to the karmic results of past unwholesome actions, we have to courses of action open how to respond:
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| Dangers of AI Artificial Intelligence | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 13 Apr 2023 | 00:31:45 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha responds to a question about AI ('Artificial Intelligence'). He points out the most important difference between AI and a living human being, namely consciousness: Even the most sophisticated and 'intelligent' AI is not conscious, it's not a living being. A human being is more than the faculty of intellect. In particular, human beings can have a conscience, which AI completely lacks. Humans also have feelings, emotions. Humans can make decisions based on ethical standards, virtue and precepts they are committed to. AI doesn't have that ability. They can't feel compassion or loving kindness. Even in a dictatorship, human beings may decide not to follow orders, but to act according to their conscience and ethical considerations. They may be committed not to kill, even in war, even if their own wealth, health and life are endangered. Ajahn quotes several examples where single individuals, 'unsung heroes' who may be virtually unknown, have courageously acted against orders, solely based on their conscience, and prevented major bloodshed, and potentially even global nuclear war. On the other hand, once robots/AI are making decisions affecing real human beings, these decisions wouldn't be restrained by any kind of ethics, precepts, standards of virtue, or conscience. We should never allow that to occur, because ethics, compassion, loving kindness and conscience need to guide any decision making. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| Better Rebirth vs No Rebirth | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk on Buddhism at Dhammagiri Monastery | 10 Apr 2023 | 00:56:22 | |
The Buddha teaches a gradual training. Most beings are not ready yet to completely let go of everything and end the circle of Saṃsāra, the endless wheel of birth and death. First we can aim at improving our situation in Saṃsāra:
We accumulate good karma that will lead to a fortunate rebirth as human of deva. Once we have secured that much, our mind is already purified to some extend, and we're now getting ready to end rebirth for good. Even the longest life in the most beautiful heavn is still impermanent. So we contemplate the five groups of clinging (pañcupādānakkhandhā) and the six internal and external sense spheres (saḷāyatana) as impermanent, disappointing and not me or mine or self, so that the heart can let go of them completely and experience awakening, the end of any form of existence, the total freedom of Nibbāna. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| We Become What We Worship | Dhammagiri | Dhamma Talk | Buddhist Reflections by Ajahn Dhammasiha | 07 Apr 2023 | 00:34:43 | |
When we respect and admire a person, like for example the Buddha, when we revere a certain quality, like wisdom or compassion, our mind will incline into that direction. We gradually condition ourselves to become similar to the person or quality that we respect and worship. The choice is ours, in which direction we wish to develop:
It does matter who's picture we put on our phone wallpaper, or on our walls at home. Let us choose wisely. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||
| How to Let Go of Attachments? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | SHORT Dhamma Talk | 19 Jul 2024 | 00:04:41 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha is asked how we can let go of attachments. He explains that letting go can not be done by an act of willpower. We need wisdom, insight, in order to let go. If we can see that anything that we are attached to will NOT give us lasting happiness, but ultimatley causes us disappointment and suffering, then the heart will let go automatically. Dhammagiri Youtube Channel . | |||
| LP Tongdaeng, LP Plien & the Most Powerful Mantra: "Iti pi so Bhagava..." | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 04 Apr 2023 | 00:42:20 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha shares some info about Luang Por Tongdaeng, who will visit Dhammagiri in three weeks time 23rd to 25th April, including a one day retreat on Sun 23/04. Luang Por is the abbot of Wat Doi Phra Jao Ton Luang near Chiang Mai. He was born in Sakon Nakhon Province in the Northeast of Thailand in August 1954. At the young age of 13 he ordained as a novice with Luang Por Wan Uttamo. Some time later, he trained in the monastery of Luang Por Waen, Wat Doi Mae Pang. After his full ordination as a bhikkhu, Luang Por Tongdaeng's most important teachers were Luang Por Prasit, and Luang Por Plien of Wat Aranyavivek. Ajahn Dhammasiha relates the story how Luang Por Pien was the first senior monk visiting Dhammagiri, only days after we had aquired the top section of our property, and how he made some amazingly accurate predictions about the future development of Dhammagiri. Ajahn Dhammasiha mentions that Luang Por Tongdaeng talked about reciting "Iti pi so Bhagavā..." a lot when he saw him last January to invite him to Dhammagiri. He actually said that "Iti pi so Bhagavā..." is the most powerful mantra of all. It is how the Buddha described his unique qualities himself, and they apply not only to our Buddha, but to all Buddhas whenever or wherever they arise. We can recieve great benefit from chanting "Iti pi so..." regularly and frequently, like e.g. 108 times in sequence. "Iti pi so Bhagavā Arahaṃ Sammā-sambuddho Vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno Sugato Lokavidū Anuttaro Purisa-damma-sārathi Satthā Deva-manussānaṃ Buddho Bhagavā ti" "He, the Blessed One, is indeed the Pure One, the Perfectly Enlightened One; He is impeccable in conduct and understanding, the Accomplished One, the Knower of the Worlds; He trains perfectly those who wish to be trained; he is Teacher of gods and humans; he is Awake and Holy" (English translation as in Amaravati Chanting Book) Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 , | |||
| Meditate More, as Puja to Teacher | Dhammagiri | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk on Buddhism | 29 Mar 2023 | 00:33:59 | |
The Buddha himself explained that the highest form of puja is to practise the Dhamma in line with Dhamma. The same applies to any teacher I know of, they all appreciate most if their students take their teachings on board and actually practise them. We can use this fact to give us motivation to be more diligent in our meditatitve development. We reflect that by putting forth effort in our own bhāvanā:
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| What's the Result of Letting Go? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk on Buddhism at Dhammagiri | 27 Mar 2023 | 00:28:03 | |
Ajahn Dhammasiha points out how Luang Por Liem in his recent Dhamma talks interprets terms like 'Going Forth' ('Pabbajjā'), or 'Generosity/Giving' ('Cāga'), in a deeper, more profound sense. Usually Pabbajjā means ordination as a novice, going forth from the houselife into homelessness. But Luang Por takes it deeper by suggesting the meaning of going forth, moving away from everything unwholesome, abandoning mental defilements. Similar, he interprets 'Cāga' not just as giving something as an act of generosity, but suggests it means giving away, letting go of attachments, anger and craving. This generates a question from the audience: "What is the Result of Letting Go?" More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 . | |||